that surrounded israel is surrounded israel surrounded surrounded it's israel the sun the siege and under threat you described a very small land mass and you know you're dealing with hamas and hezbollah and iran and thought i would like that it's a tough neighborhood the imagery here is so powerful that it's almost impossible to have a rational discussion about the legitimate grievances of palestinians hamas is a terror group and it is committed to killing jews and wiping israel off the face of the earth that's not debatable that's a fact none of this is by accident this is the result that with the liberal effort to shape american perceptions of the conflict a propaganda effort that really begins to take shape with israel's invasion of lebanon in one thousand nine hundred two. israel unleashed another massive air attack on palestinian guerrilla targets in lebanon today from the sky. israeli jets bombing bombing. and the summer of nine hundred eighty two israel invaded neighboring lebanon in an attempt to drive the palestinian liberation organization out of its income on some souther

that surrounded israel is surrounded israel surrounded surrounded it's israel the sun the siege and under threat you described a very small land mass and you know you're dealing with hamas and hezbollah and iran and so on i would like that it's a tough neighborhood the imagery here is so powerful that it's almost impossible to have a rational discussion about the legitimate grievances of palestinians hamas is a terror group and it is committed to killing jews and wiping israel off the face of the earth that's not debatable that's a fact none of this is by accident this is the result that with the liberal effort to shape american perceptions of the conflict a propaganda effort that really begins to take shape with israel's invasion of lebanon in one thousand nine hundred two. israel unleashed another massive air attack on palestinian guerrilla targets in lebanon today from the sky. israeli jets bombing bombing. and the summer of nine hundred eighty two israel invaded neighboring lebanon in an attempt to drive the palestinian liberation organization out of its income and some southern

that surrounded israel is surrounded israel surrounded surrounded it's israel the sun the siege and under threat you described a very small land mass and you know you're dealing with hamas and hezbollah and iran and so on i would like that it's a tough neighborhood the imagery here is so powerful that it's almost impossible to have a rational discussion about the legitimate grievances of palestinians hamas is a terror group and it is committed to killing jews and wiping israel off the face of the earth that's not debatable that's a fact none of this is by accident this is the result that with the liberal effort to shape american perceptions of the conflict a propaganda effort that really begins to take shape with israel's invasion of lebanon in one thousand nine hundred two. israel unleashed another massive air attack on palestinian guerrilla targets in lebanon today from the sky. israeli jets bombing bombing. and the summer of one thousand nine hundred two israel invaded neighboring lebanon in an attempt to drive the palestinian liberation organization out of its income on some sou

has accused israel of possible war crimes the u.n. saying there are reasonable grounds to say israeli soldiers targeted shot children medics journalists so how could the eula vision song contest be under the auspices of a country that does that if you're referring to the u.n. reports which from the un human rights council which we know is blatantly biased and we know that a lot of western countries have voted against it or abstained and let's look at those this great return march so to speak and we sort of b.b.c. documentary only a couple of nights ago in the u.k. that clearly showed and quoted palestinian demonstrators saying that there were some us terrorists in our midst with rifles and a tape. the cell phones and stalls attacking israeli positions we saw yassin while the head of hamas saying we're going to tear the border down and israelis israel has the right as any sovereign nation to defend its borders and its civilians within those borders so following up with we are talking about the b.b.c. and of course the b.b.c. they say t

the jewish people are not hiding in the land of israel. the land of israel. one of the problems with the influence israel lobby has in the united states now is it has been hard for government officials to have an honest discussion just look what happened to president obama when he made the mistake of simply saying out loud what the international consensus is we believe the borders of israel and palestine should be based on the one nine hundred sixty seven lines with mutually agreed swaps so that secure and recognized borders are established for both states it didn't matter that obama was just repeating what had been official us policy that decades or the right wing president ronald reagan that said essentially the same thing in the one nine hundred eighty s. an even stronger language u.n. resolution two for two remains wholly valid as the foundation stone of america's middle east peace effort. it is the united states' position that in return for peace the withdrawal provision of resolution two forty two applies to all fronts including the west bank and gaza w

brainstem buy one when there is a turn for the ins we'll ains that military institution where you say israel doesn't know it's the lord's impaired for your sake is or doesn't target children absolutely not god forbid. but sometimes in the fighting there are innocents that are heard and that's the reality of war ok i mean obviously the united nations just agrees with you completely and of the most recent report said that in the great much of a turn obviously i.d.f. responsible for deliberately targeting children the urgent song contest is on and it wasn't long ago that. no less than the wall street journal the murdoch will street journal reported that netanyahu the israeli government were facilitating medical treatment for militants linked to al qaida the people responsible for 911 which happened in the town you are in right now israel is that a humane country it is true that israel has treated people who have fled the fighting in syria and who are needed medical care. we don't apologize for the very proud that. we are assuming country on this topic of jump on the jews they have to you have t

than rely on israel lot of what israel does is a burden to us it hasn't been really helpful except in very narrow areas of intelligence i take for example the the whole issue we have now about possibly going to war with iran and intelligence reports that no one has seen that have produced a lot of belligerent behavior by john bolton and the white house what it appears that it's actually is really an israel meeting with israeli intelligence people in the white house a couple weeks ago in which there are scenarios for what may be happening that serve is really interest not american interests are what either scared american officials or put in the hands of people like john bolton the the material they needed to try to fire up the boiler for a war in the middle east so this is not helpful to the united states but it is something that comes about because of our close political and diplomatic association with the israeli government now the prospect of a military confrontation with iran is never too far off but this past week it came to the fore again that with the united states sending its

is israel now on the same side as saudi arabia isis day al-qaeda and hamas a group which of course israel funded the creation of i think that there's never been any proof israel house sunday don't help i see dyaks show out what if we support netanyahu on the golan heights visiting the hospital in the occupied golan heights and they were treating al-qaeda and isis you know you what you saw him visit saying and say and i treat saying it was syrian civilians caught up in this brutal civil war it was the album store front was i've seen israeli field hospitals and treating syrian women and children being caught up in this brutal civil war and so it's always up so that you know. it's conspiracy theories on steroids i mean it's certainly you know it's only interested in helping civilians every bloom thank you after the break in response to tonight's israeli your visions on test final on the b.b.c. hip hop artist and activist of people forms his song long live palestine 3 featuring and loach and frank people and all the smoke coming up about to it going underground. now the financial times today

student israel has thanks to the international. lot. to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell. me. to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight. for the truth the time is now watching closely watching. the hawks. is of course the see on his attorney named corey corn one food for the week that gave. up. yeah it. was a real if they gave it to you they got the guts to know people it's supposed to it's when it gets you what's good. that's the thought of you. if you are still left they're finished if you are that you give. posterous chancellor coles 1st snap elections office deputy is ensnared in a corruption scandal and forced to resign. document calls into question the world chemical weapons watchdogs conclusions about an alleged chemical attack on the outskirts of the syrian capital last year. and the u.s. state of alabama ratifies the country's most draconian abortion laws provoking widespread public anger. you need to make a choice you have to be

israel says it's responding to hundreds of rockets fired into southern israel.is have been killed in the town of ashkelon and several others wounded by the barrage. the bbc‘s middle east analyst alan johnston reports. on through the night it went, yet another israeli strike on gaza. and the militants there unleashed rocket after rocket. israel's air defence shield worked to try to intercept the missiles, blasting them out of the night sky. and israel struck repeatedly at what it said were militant targets like weapons caches all down the gaza strip. in the light of day the extent of the damage, the impact of the pounding, was clear to see. where people should be shopping and working, coming and going, there is rubble all around. and on the other side of the conflict in the israeli city of ashkelon a similar scene. a man in his 50s died here when a rocket from gaza slammed down on his home. israel's leaders are watching and making their plans. there is no talk of stepping back. translation: this morning i instructed the israeli defence forces to continue with mas

israel says it strikes targeted leaders and terror operatives one of them a hamas member who israel says was in charge of money transfers from iran to fighting groups inside gaza killed in an air strike on his car. in the israeli city of ashdod part of the aftermath of an intense sunday evening bairagi of dozens of rockets fired from gaza and southern israel when israeli civilian was killed here as he ran for a bomb shelter if you look at it like this i think that is see. at this moment is a terrible mistake i think that when we have the upper hand we need once and for all finish the terror because this will repeat itself and will not stop. israel has maintained its policy of not announcing any ceasefire but a lifting of restrictions including reopening schools in southern israel was its way of confirming that this round of fighting is over. it was though the most intense and deadly escalation in months of stop start violence israel struck more than three hundred fifty targets in gaza killing more than twenty dollars to needs . from us an islamic jihad fired nearly seven hundred rockets

and i think now, israel...omparison with what's happening in the west bank, in the west bank there is not firing rockets, there are not fighting, they are not under struggle in west bank. but in west bank, they are building settlements, they confiscate lands, they kill people, they put down 400, 500 checkpoints, they abuse the president, they now dismantle the palestinian authority. do you ask israel, why are they doing this? and there is no armed struggle against israel there. i think it is the israeli mentality that they want to punish, they want to delete the palestinian identity. they want to destroy our future. they want the palestinians to abolish our state, our future. i think what happens in gaza is the same, the policy of the occupation, they want gaza starving, suffering, people asking just for peace over the ground, they want gaza to be like this, to be oppressed and be broken. and i think we, as a palestinian faction, we want to stop this, and we want to stop this policy. and i think israel — look,

the country's support for israel. 70 years ago today on the 11th of may 1949 israel was admitted to the un as a fool member on this occasion the federal government would like to read to raid the german is stance also in the un shoulder to shoulder with israel who security right to exist must never be called into question by anyone knew where continue to support israel's legitimate interests to help strengthen its representation in the un and do our utmost to pose an attempt to isolate or do it. it will be nice if you stop interfering in our internal business and stop funding hundreds of frantically leftwing n.g.o.s in the israel the seek its destruction use the hundreds of millions of euros you use for this to from hospitals schools and churches in germany a recent report by israel's strategic affairs ministry claims germany and other european countries are funding a so-called anti-semitic boycott campaign groups these have been linked to terrorist organizations including hamas and the popular front for the liberation of palestine the paper also noted e.u. monies funneled to the pal

up again at least one man is good as palestinian militants fire schools of rockets into southern israel while israeli air strikes and tank fire killed several finest in the us also coming up talent is celebrating its newly crowned king he's set to appear in public for the first time since his elaborate coronation ceremony. and pope francis arrives in bulgaria and urges the chorus members to take in more refugees we talk to our religious oppress correspondent why. i don't welcome i'm with that shima we started in israel where airstrikes in gaza have killed six palestinians and wounded dozens of others after a month long in hostilities gaza militants fired hundreds of rockets into southern israel killing one person israeli forces responded returned shelling and strikes the e.u. is calling for an immediate end to the hostilities. israel's army says it's hit some two hundred palestinian targets it says the strikes are in response to hours of palestinian rocket fire. one strike at a six story building that techie says housed state run and news agency ankara has condemned the israeli strikes

and all of them are committed to israel. they are committed geological he to israel. toreligious terms, israel them is the gift of god, therefore, some of you like friedman can speak openly and say israel is on the side of god. i wonder what god will do without israel being on its side? this is ridiculous. this is the first time i've heard of such a statement for support even someone like pompeo is said god sent trtrump to save israel from iraq? i mean, is this how you may 21 century politics? is this how you deal with geopolitics? bardi you start invoking biblical text and the old testament and so on in order to justify contemporary injustices? like greenblatt and others keep saying, this is an outdated argument. these are archaic arguments. you don't go back to your old arguments. they're going back and reciting the bible to us, at 3000 year old text, as being the basis of 21st century decisions, and yet we're not supposed to talk about freedom, human rights, dignity. ofre is a certain degree blind commitment emanating from very strong fundamentalists say that has d

israel says hamas and islamic jihad fired hundreds of rockets from gaza. some were intercepted by the iron dome anti-missile system others though got through israel says one person was killed in a direct hit on this factory in the israeli city of ashkelon another man died when a rocket struck his vehicle close to the gaza border that followed an overnight rocket strike on a house killing a fifty eight year old man the first israeli victim of a rocket fired from gaza since the two thousand and fourteen war. we are not commenting we do trust the army. will take care of us but we are really worried by the rockets. israel's prime minister confirms he told of the buildup of forces and promised further strikes on gaza and. this morning and structed the israeli army to continue massive attacks against terrorist elements in the gaza strip. ordering force mint of the units around the gaza strip with our more artillery and infantry yorn how must bear the responsibility not only for its own attacks on actions but also for the actions of us. and it is paying a very he

and finance of israel and i don't have to get into this but the israel without the united states would be a different entity. and that's the right of the united states i'm not sure that it's always very clever to do so i'm not sure that this aid this enormous aid of the united states to israel did not corrupt israel but by the end of the day it is the right of the world to raise its voice and to support those who stand against violations of international law and i think what this. he did appreciate time my guest gideon levy columnist that the israeli newspaper ha'aretz. saudi arabian ship sent to pick up weapons in europe has been hounded by protests along its journey front to be succeeded in preventing it from collecting its cargo claiming the arms could be used against civilians in yemen now a french flag is being projected onto the vessel in spain over the grid claims that the ship left port carrying material that will not be used in a combat capacity you can trees are under increasing pressure over their arms sales to riyadh with more on the story is already charlotte it's going. w

for the time being and israel you. this is a very sophisticated technology military technology to attack palestinians the casualties among palestinians are very high and the palestinians are paying a very high price for. an israeli tank shelling against gaza that is ongoing saw there is some kind of disproportionate disproportionate. scale there's a proportionate scale of attacks by palestinians and israelis. if you just joining us a reminder of the tragedy at russia's largest port where forty one people have been confirmed killed after a plane caught fire on the runway at moscow sheremetyevo seventy eight people on board the jet burst into flames during an emergency landing just half an hour after takeoff warning the following video of the fire is the stress. it. looks like to me yes. so we super jet plane operated bar after our float was due to front or more months in the far north of russia soon after takeoff so the crew sent a distress signal the plane returned to the airport and made a hard landing striking the ru

so israel wanted this. israel wanted to kill and shoot at children, nurses, women -- civilians who demonstrated for one year or more. to say one thing, we cannot tolerate this criminal, illegal, which is considered by international law, by international humanitarian law, by geneva convention, and by the international court -- criminal court, it is a crime against humaninity. cannot be tolerated. they suffocated us. movears we are unable to in o or out of gaza. gaza turned to be the biggest man-made disaster due to that. we cannot trereat our w water. we cannot treaeat our sewage. we cannot treat our electricity. , weel said 13 years ago will send a gaza to the middle ages. gaza are disconnected from the outside world. person -- 90% of the population. to of the population s shifted be receiving rations from charities. their are 65% unpaid or unemployed. this is the biggest man-made disastster and it is not because we are -- we have one of the highest percent of university graduates in the world. we have no i

this comes after scores of rocket attacks on southern israel by palestinian militants will go to israel and gaza our latest. also coming up thailand's newly crowned king makes his public debut huge crowds turn out for rama the tenth in bangkok as he takes part in a ceremonial per session to celebrate his ascension to the problem the. waiter welcome to the program. at least thirteen people have been killed after a passenger plane belonging to the russian national carrier aeroflot to made an emergency landing at moscow's sheremetyevo airport according to russian news agencies the plane was on route to murmansk when a fire broke out shortly after takeoff during the landing. the rear section of these two high super jet was already and coughed in flames the aircraft reportedly had seventy eight people onboard. let's now bring in our moscow correspondent the other dogs for a time e.l.o. so give us the latest this is a very scary situation what do we know so far. according to the russian state news agency tass thirty people died when the plane crashed on the runway a chair as you look out for

this comes after scores of rocket attacks on southern israel by palestinian militants will go to israel for the latest. and thailand's newly crowned king makes his public debut huge crowds turn out for rama the tenth in bangkok as he takes part in a ceremonial procession to celebrate his ascension to the throne. welcome to the program according to russian officials forty one people have been killed after a passenger plane belonging to the national carrier aeroflot made an emergency landing at moscow's sheremetyevo airport the plane was on route to months when a fire broke out shortly after takeoff during the landing the rear section of the sukhoi superjet was already engulfed in flames aircraft reportedly had seventy eight people on board. let's bring in our moscow correspondent dr sort of give us the latest what are investigators saying at this stage. well there has been a press conference here in moscow and according to that investigators at least forty one people died when the plaintiff project one hundred crashed on the runway and shot him a few or airport among them two children an

a son of israel's prime minister netanyahu has accused germany of funding anti israel nongovernmental organizations and despite the german foreign minister recently restating the country's support for israel. 70 years ago today on the 11th of may non 149 israel was admitted to the un as a 4 member on this occasion the federal government would like to reiterate that germany stuns also in the un shoulder to shoulder with israel who security and a right to exist must never be called into question by anyone anyway we will continue to support israel's legitimate interests to help strengthen its representation in the un and do our utmost to oppose any attempt to isolate or deliberate surmise israel it will be nice if you stop interfering in our internal business and stop funding hundreds of radical left wing n.g.o.s in israel seek its destruction use the hundreds of millions of euros used for this to fund hospitals schools and churches in germany everything reported by the israeli government claims germany and other european countries are funding so-called anti-semitic boycotts campaign gro

admission to the un the german leadership has professed support for israel on many occasions. either of you this is i strongly condemn all the anti do or anti semitic crimes and i believe that the european union should try to pursue a realistic approach to the terrorism poses especially for israel sounds by our commitment to the security. while we heard some contrasting views on this story from a foreign affairs analyst and also an israeli journalist. israel germany relations are quite a big us and the west it's kind of the most hypocritical show or in town because even if we go on we just not to back far in time merkel herself has voted at least 16 times in the un against israel defies 7 tromp resolution to recognize resulin while trying to convince the other eastern european nations not to follow trump she's also trying to fight 7 trump sanctions over iran germany is trying to undermine israel a sovereign 3 what would you expect other than saying we is stand by israel what he wrote spec other than that but reality is pretty much the other way around . tells you something abo

your lawyer two thousand and fourteen israel launched a devastating military attack on the gaza strip. over the course of fifty one days it's ready to drop twenty thousand tons of explosives on goes the densely populated area and the size of the. killing of a two thousand palestinians moving tens of thousands more. the overwhelming majority of these casualties were civilians distributed being bombarded from the sea and israel launched at least one hundred sixty strikes on the gaza strip. and there's one less hospital in gaza now. today alas the hospital. is she is scared of the attack spoke outrage and condemnation around the world israel's month long pounding of gaza shocked many people around the world mass demonstrations have been held in many of the world's major cities. i think. but in the united states the story was different polls showed the american people holding firm in their support for israel this is the latest in an hour she told american show. fifty seven percent of those polled say israel's action in gaza is justified thirty four percent say unjustified these numbers we

for the time being and israel you. this is a very sophisticated technology military technology to attack palestinians the casualties among palestinians are very high and the palestinians are paying a very high price for. an israeli tank shelling against gaza that is ongoing there is some kind of disproportionate disproportionate. scale there's a proportionate of attacks by palestinians and israel is. going to return to our breaking news story now that of a plane landing in flames at moscow's largest airport previously would telling you official numbers that the people the brink of well very sadly investigators have just had a very brief press conference i can tell you now confirming forty one people confirmed dead this particular aircraft an air flow plane burst into flames during an emergency landing at moscow's biggest ports the video we're about to show you now of the plane on fire on the runway i must warn you you may find this disturbing . so it's been a few more facts that we know about this particular plane and

from the well is it using them into israel. they are the story going some of it it is building some of. claiming it contains some of it was for hamas and other factions. lately there was. an airstrike on. a security both belong to hamas. into things armed in the in the morning there were procedures. but the bodies of at least eleven people were killed and over one hundred were injured they bury the bodies and if you don't know. if you're pretty the threat has people in gaza nervous that this could escalate into a full blown as it did in two thousand and fourteen. definitely this is one of the toughest wave of violence. experienced in the twenty fourteen. on the eve of the holy month of ramadan which is morrow. you could see in the people. i talk to some people in industry and they are they have the fear it will be and you wore a new round of. of. a larger scale operation in gaza strip this is what the people don't want trouble the people are. you know think this is the way to solve the problem but still the majority they are no

israel's military said it was directly targeting. fight is announced the killing of a senior hamas commander in a strike on a car in gaza city. the israelis say was responsible for transferring iranian money to fighting factions in gaza. israel says hamas and islamic jihad fired hundreds of rockets from gaza. some were intercepted by the iron dome anti-missile system others though got through israel says one person was killed in a direct hit on this factory in the israeli city of ashkelon another man died when a rocket struck his vehicle close to the gaza border that followed an overnight rocket strike on a house killing a fifty eight year old man the first israeli victim of a rocket fired from gaza since the two thousand and fourteen war. we are not commenting we do trust the army. will take care of us but we are really worried by the rockets. israel's prime minister confirms he told of the buildup of forces and promised further strikes on gaza and. this morning and started the israeli army to continue massive attacks against terror

again at least one man is killed in a span of sin in militants fire scores of rockets into southern israel while it is really an strikes and tank fire can't separate palestinians. and pope francis a russian bulgarian urges the poorest member to take in more refugees we talk about the visits with a religious the press correspondent. kind of a warm welcome to you on the thai cheema the daily crowned king of thailand has begun a seven killed on meter procession through bangkok on the second day of his three day crowning set of many here are some live pictures for you off the elaborate procession it comprises over a thousand soldiers police and government officials and there's a chance for the thai people to see their monaco in his the royal regalia king a budget are long gone ascended the throne turned a half years ago when his father king bumi pawn passed away after a long seventy year reign of his son's official coroner. the sermon he began on saturday. on a shot of children bill is in the midst of festivities in bangkok welcome charlotte today's a second day of celebrations you're in the h

and without outside israel to support them financially morally to support. to really support all those folks 2 groups individuals who are fighting for ending the occupation. and saudi arabian ships sent to pick up weapons in europe has been hounded by protests along this journey in france activist succeeded in preventing it from collecting its cargo claiming the arms could be used against civilians in yemen now a french flag is being projected on the vessel in spain however madrid claims that the ship left the airport carrying material that will not be used in a combat capacity and you countries are under increasing pressure over their arms sales to riyadh saudi bensky has the story. well amnesty international has blasted several european union states saying they have failed to poll their obligations in regards to the. trade treaty because they're selling weapons to saudi arabia live with them that will likely be used in the war in yemen the bar has been bouncing off european ports like a pinball this is a serious test of the country's resolve to uphold the

abide by the previous understanding's the timing is very sensitive israel is approaching its. seventh if there's any independence day and also there univision festivities in a video released on saturday the al kids brigades the military wing of the islamic jihad threaten. to expand its range of rocket fire to haifa in the north ben-gurion airport near tel aviv and israel's an acknowledged nuclear reactor in the south. in recent months attacks from both sides of followed a pattern of casualties have been kept to a minimum avoiding a full scale conflict. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has plenty of reasons to stick to that script before this month's independence day celebrations and the euro vision song contest in tel aviv. but both sides also know they can't rule out the risk of a further escalation towards a wider war how we force it out west jerusalem with us now more in rabbani who is the coeditor of an online magazine specializing in the contemporary middle east he's on skype from amman jordan i appreciate as well and it is very early in the morning this i thank

for the time being and israel you. this is a very sophisticated technology military technology to attack palestinians the casualties among palestinians are very high and the palestinians are paying a very high price for. an israeli tank shelling against gaza that is ongoing so there is some kind of this proportionate disproportionate. scale there's a proportionate scale of attacks by palestinians and israelis. back to the tragedy that is occurred today at moscow's biggest airport forty one people have now been confirmed dead after a runway fire at sheremetyevo ports that several hours ago there were seventy eight passengers and crew all together on board this particular plane which burst into flames during an emergency landing this was around half an hour after it had taken off we'll show you video now of the plane when it was on fire on the room where must warn you might find these pictures disturbing. the first. to get out. of the play involved in this accident was a sukhoi superjet operated by aeroflot to stress the

so if it's on now underway to bring an end to the latest flare up between israel and. egypt and cancer of both working on a cease fire agreement after days of rocket fire from both gaza and israel threaten to push the two sides into an all out war israel's prime minister early early ordered the army to continue quote massive strikes on gaza. i. this footage shows a building collapse in gaza or after an israeli airstrike at least twenty four palestinians have been killed in the violence including two pregnant women and two babies four people killed in israel as well we're going to put it all on the map for. you know how to explain how this has played out six hundred rockets fired from gaza into israel including the border towns of start ashkelon and ashdod israeli warplanes struck some three hundred twenty targets in gaza which is one of the most densely populated areas in the world two million people squeezed into an area that is only forty one kilometers long and twelve kilometers wide ok natasha going to live for us now in ashkelon in israel bring us up to date first

fifty seven percent of those polled say israel's action in gaza is justified thirty four percent say unjustified these numbers were striking but they were new a little course of a conflict in which palestinian casualties so far outnumbered israeli casualties the american people have consistently shown from more sympathy for israelis than for palestinians it's very difficult to force public opinion on any question from the media coverage that people rely on to form opinions and i think the most prevalent lesson from looking at the coverage is that the coverage tends to see this conflict from the israeli side study after study has demonstrated that israeli perspectives dominate american media coverage so by far the most common thing we've heard is that everything comes down to israel's right to defend itself israel is a state that implements its right to defend itself and its citizens it is a talking point that is set from the top and by the top i mean from the highest officials government officials who are commenting on this issue which the media obsessive we cover the repeats a man's

in tel aviv israel scenes in the city early one choose 3 demonstrators say israel is using the event to mask rights abuses against palestinians in the occupied west bank and gaza are some broadcasters of come under pressure to withdraw from the competition ari faucets has the support so this is the latest in a series of process that are sort of say going to be taking place throughout the week here in tel aviv. tonight is also the 1st semifinal so coincides without a morbidly for the activists here it coincides with the 1st anniversary of the moving of the u.s. embassy to jerusalem and the border protests that took place in gaza on the same day within 60 palestinians were killed by israeli sniper fire the activists years saying that they want to make sure that that kind of message is attached to all the coverage of the year vision song contest it's an opportunity to busy say propaganda that like mike it is well as this cool more they call show european place well actually an apartheid state and posting it here is a political decision to all of the right device in the 1st innings israe

none of them mention israel's practices israel an exhibition of arab territories israel and exceptions of jerusalem israel's continued repression occupation of palestine of syrian land and yes lebanese land so none of that of course is mention the focus of the summit is on iran and there is a centrist thing at marranos as we're talking about the focus being on iran we are getting some interesting lines coming out from the iraqi president speaking at the moment the iraq's baraki president has warns that's the regional crisis may lead to war if not a dress properly and we're getting this 3 on the alerts that the iraqi president says iran is its neighbor at its security should be preserved so we are starting to see this certainly with the statements that we've heard so far that the focus certainly from sanity point of view that there were. bradley people right and the idea that if iran is as destabilizing and so on and so forth but 2nd the iraq is in a very difficult position here do you think we're likely to continue to hear these leaders speaking with one voice or are we going to see mo